REVEALED: Megan Rapinoe ‘told Joe Biden to do MORE to free Brittney Griner’ when he phoned her with the news she was going to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Brittney Griner, 31, has been held as a prisoner in Russia since February 7
- Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison for being convicted of drug possession after being vape cartridges with cannabis oil into the country
- The United States and Russia are in ‘quiet diplomacy’ talks on a prisoner swap
US Soccer star Megan Rapinoe last month urged President Joe Biden in a phone call to do more to secure the release of Brittney Griner from her detention in Russia.
According to Politico, Rapinoe made the request when Biden called her to inform her she would be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the highest honor bestowed upon a civilian in America.
When Rapinoe attended the ceremony at the White House on July 7, she wore a blazer with Griner’s initials inscribed on the lapel.
Griner, 31, was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia earlier in August after being convicted of drug possession and smuggling.
Griner brought vape cartridges with cannabis oil into Russia when she flew to Moscow to play basketball in the city of Yekaterinburg during the WNBA offseason.
Biden denounced the ruling as ‘unacceptable’, with the verdict coming amid soaring tensions between the US and Russia over Ukraine. There have been numerous reports that Griner could now be involved in a high-profile prisoner swap between the two countries.
Megan Rapinoe reportedly told President Biden to do more to free Brittney Griner
Griner has been held in Russia since February and recently sentenced to nine years in prison after bringing vape cartridges into the country that…
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